Classroom Resources | Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp October 20Celebrate the National Day on Writing!
Students examine the different ways that they write and think about the role writing plays in life.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp July 19Children's publisher John Newbery was born in 1713.
Each student chooses a book that is special and writes a short story about why it deserves special mention. Students can plan the pages of their own stories and then make a Stapleless Book or use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp June 1CNN debuted as the first television news network in 1980.
Students brainstorm a list of modern news sources and from previous centuries. Groups then research one of these sources and create a timeline showing the evolution of news.

Classroom Resources | Grades 5 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp June 8Commercial ice cream is first sold in the U.S. in 1786.
After finding advertisements from the past, students evaluate them and discuss how ads have changed over the years. Students then create an advertisement for a new flavor of ice cream.

Classroom Resources | Grades 4 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp March 22Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was born today.
Students examine the painting that inspired Sondheim's Pulitzer-prize winning musical and then create a story of their own based on image they choose.